Bridesburg - (SEPTA Trenton Line)

Bridesburg is a Northeast Corridor Line station in the City of Philadelphia with five-tracks, although only the northernmost four are electrified. The southernmost one is the exclusive domain of freight trains. This means that only one set of doors can open on Trenton-bound trains, with passengers using a wooden level crossing and board to board trains. The station has two extremely short platforms, with just two wooden boards along each platform on the elevated railroad embankment.

The two platforms each have a single green shelter structure with walls on three sides. The roofs are translucent plastic. To leave each platform is a single set of stairs (the Center City-bound platform has fences on each side of the path, the Trenton-bound platform doesn’t) that leads to an intermediate path along the embankment away from the railway line, before ending at a staircase down to the west side of Bridge Street that the provides the only connections between the two platforms.
Photos 1-16: November 11, 2005; 17-64: March 27, 2013;

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Silverliner IV #351 approaches Bridesburg on a 3 car R7 train to Chestnut Hill East via Center City.

Silverliner IV #351 on a 3 car R7 train enters Bridesburg

A Station sign on the tiny wooden shelter.

Silverliner IV #130 and a 3 car R7 train to Chestnut Hill East have left Bridesburg.

Silverliner IV #337 and an R7 Local to Trenton enter Chestnut Hill East

The large station entrance sign at Bridesburg

Looking across the tiny low-level platforms that connect all tracks at Bridesburg

Amtrak HHP-8 #660 pulls Regional #94 bound for Boston approaching Bridesburg running 11 minutes late

The Amfleets of Regional #94 having bypassed Bridesburg

A graffiti covered platform sign at Bridesburg

AEM7 #911 pulls Regional #85 bound for Richmond, VA approaches Bridesburg running 7 minutes late

The sunset on the Amfleets of Regional #85 near Bridesburg

AEM7 #942 pulls The Silver Meteor (#97), just beginning its long journey to Miami, approaches Bridesburg.

The Sunset on the Baggage Car, Crew Dorm, 2 Viewliner Sleepers, 1 diner, and 5 Amfleet-IIs of the Silver Meteor at Bridesburg

Silverliner IV #120 leading a R7 Trenton Local approaching Bridesburg.

Silverliner IV #120 and a R7 Trenton local enter Bridesburg

Stepping off a Trenton-bound train of Silverliner #129 and #130 on the wooden level-crossing

Silverliner #130's rear vestibule is open as a Trenton-bound train stops in the station

A modern sign for Bridesburg on the station's shelter

Silverliner IV #167 and a Trenton-bound train leaves the station

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